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$969,000
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PRICE a single parking spot in Hong Kong sold for in October. It comes out to more than $7,200 per square foot.
Source: Time
400
NUMBER of meals prepared consecutively by Kenyan chef Maliha Mohammad, who recently set a world record by cooking nonstop for 75 hours.
Source: UPI
19 hours
LENGTH of the world’s longest commercial flight. Australian airline Qantas has begun testing new nonstop flights from Sydney to New York and London.
Source: The New York Times
440 million
NUMBER of trees that Ireland has committed to planting over the next 20 years in an effort to combat climate change.
Source: Forbes
adv.—with each following the other without interruption